Bottle-washer



(No Model.)

G. PfGOULDING.

BUTTLE WASHER.

No. 602,071. Patented Apr. l2, 1898.

Inventor.

Attorney.

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BOTTLE-WASHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 602,071, dated April 12, 1898.

Application led December 22, 1896. Serial No. 616,641. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE P. GOULDING, a citizen of the United States,` and a resident of the village of Charlotte, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-lVashing Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in whichv Figure 1 shows one of mybottle-washing devices in place in a bottle, the bottle being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the ferrule and one of the tubular stiffening-arms of one of my devices, a flexible tube of a modiied form being shown upon the other tubular stiffening-arm. Fig.

3 is a side elevation of the ferrule and tubular stiffening-arms of one of my devices. Fig. 4 is a pattern for the covering-piece at the juncture of the ferrule and tubes. Fig. 5 is a view of one of my devices made of india-y rubber, and Fig. 6 shows a modification having a reinforcing layer or tube around the end of a tubular stiffening-arm and inside the flexible tube.

In the devices heretofore produced for the rapid washing of bottles in large numbers it has been found necessary to carryua stream of water having considerable force into the interior of the bottle and at the same time to The point at which it is difiicult to perform the scrubbing is at the lowerl interior angle of the bottom of the bottle, where sediment has principally deposited from the uid which has been in the bottle. The washing devices for this purpose of which I am aware do not deliver'the stream of water directly at the point where the most thorough scrubbing should occurviz., the most remote portion of the bottlebut deliver the stream at some distance from the lower corners of the bottle, and consequently lche washing effects derived from the force of the water and from the scrubbing are not as'complete and perfect as they should be, for the reasons, among othersthat the dirt and sediment clog upon and stick to the brush, and the current of water is not such as to cleanse the brush While the latter is cleansing the bottle.

Bottle-washing machines of a well-known type have a long pipe A, through which water or of stiifening material, open at both ends.-

One end of each of these arms is within the ferrule and is transversely pivoted thereto by the pin C2, said arms being separated by a plate C3, fastened to the ferrule, Notches b are cut in the edge of the end of the ferrule B, in which the arms C C may rest when swung upon their pivots C2 into the position of greatest angle with reference to each other. The arms can thus move from a position of parallelism (for insertion through the neck of a bottle) to an angular position `with reference to each other. The angular position is shown -in the drawings.` The arms C C are hollow throughout, and water which enters the ferrule is conducted through the arms to their ends.

In the form of device shown in Figs. l and 2 each of the arms C C has a cover D D, formed of a flexible tube of suitable strong fabric, such as canvas or drilling, which fits upon the arm -throughout the whole or the greater part of its length, and each of these flexible tubes has a bulbous end d d', provided at its extreme tip with a small perforation do, through which a stream of water may pass. The fabric of which this flexible tube and bulbous end are formed is closely woven, so that there is comparatively little leakage of water through it. The arms C C thus are stiffenin g means for the flexible tubes or covers D D'. It isobvious that each stiifeningarm'and its flexible tube or cover together constitute a stiifened tube for conducting the water from the ferrule to the exible and perforated end. In order to close the end of the ferrule and the spaces around the ends of the arms C C' adjacent to their points of insertion into the ferrule, I insert, in the form of device shown in Fig. l, over the vend of the plate C3 a piece of cloth C4, cut as shown in Fig. 4., the narrowest portion bein g placed over the end of the plate, and the arms C C. rest in the angles adjacent to said narrowest por- IOO tion. This piece of fabric is then folded around the pipe A and the arms and around the ferrule and then is wired, as shown at E, Fig. l, to the ferrule. The flexible tubes D D for t-he arms C and C preferably have extensions, as d2, Fig. 2, which extend down to and under the wiring E, and the parts are thus held firmly together. The flexible tube forming the cover for the stiffening-arm which is shown in Fig. l is made of one piece of cloth, which is folded upon itself and is sewed along the outer edge, leaving a fringe cl3 or brushlike edge which is effective forscrubbing the surface of the bottle; but the flexible tubes or covers may be made in two pieces and may have fringes on both the in nerand outer edges, as `shown in Fig. 2. The flexible tubes D D' when in use bend over the edges of the ends of the arms C C and are apt to wear rapidly or cut at the place of bending when they rub against the bottle. In order to cure this difficulty, I introduce a tubular layer F of soft material, such as india-rubber or fabric, between the end of the stiffening-arm and the flexible tube, so as to make a softer and thicker body over the edge of the stiffening-arm C or C In Fig. 5 is shown a form of flexible tube made of one piece of india-rubber, which extends, still in one piece, down to and over the ferrule, so as to have a Y shape, and it is provided with internal rigid or stiffening arms and bulb-like ends and with small perforations at the extremities of these ends through which streams of water may flow. A web or band G may connect the tubes D0 D0 in the apex of the angle between them in this form of my device, forthe purpose hereinafter described, and in the forms of my device shown in Figs. l and 2 aweb or band g may connect the tubes D D for the same purpose; but the web or band in each case may of course be dispensed with in devices used for washing bottles where its function is not required. In both forms of my device the innerstiffeningarm or `stiffener is of harder material and the fiexible or cover tube is ofy softer material.

If now my device is at rest, the tubes may be folded or shut together, so as to be close to each other or substantially parallel, inasmuch as the arms may turn upon the pin C2, and thus the two tubes with the deflated-bulbs cl CZ' may be inserted through the neck of a bottle of small size. If now the-water-supply is turned on and the pipe A is whirled, the water flows through the tubes into the bulbous ends, which swell out and are held straightened out by the force of the water at a considerable tension and separating under the action of the centrifugal force vpress outward against the inner surface of the bottle and into the lower corners thereof and thoroughly scrub it. The softness of the bulbous ends CZ d when filled by water permit the corners and interior contour of the bottle to be closely fitted and to be rubbed by a considerable surface and according to the pressure exerted by the operator in holding the bottle against the scrubbing device. When the material of which the flexible tubes or covers are made is porous, some water will flow through the walls of the bulbous ends andthe surface of the fabric will be cleansed while removing the dirt from :the bottle. The stream of water emerging through the end of the bulb, as shown in Fig. 2, issues with force and drives away from the surfaces rubbed by my device or which the streamtouches and from the most remote parts of the bottle the particles of dirt which are free to move and carries them out through the mouth of the bottle.

In Fig. l is shown in dotted lines a form of bottle having a conical inturned bottom. In order to scrub the whole of this cone, including its summit, by the revolutions of my device I add a flexible web of suitable material at the apex of the angle between the two arms, as indicated at G, Fig. 5. In this figure it is shown as made of india-rubber and in one piece with the tubular covers and bulbs; but a flexible band g, Fig. l, of suitable material may be equally well fastened to the flexible tubes and may extend across from one tube of the device to the other, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

It is obvious that the tubes may be folded together t0 be inserted through the neck of a bottle and that rotation of thepipe A will cause the flexible ends of the tubes to Separate and fly apart by centrifugal force, and that in so doing the ends and the adjacent portions of the flexible tubes must press against the interior of the sides of the bottle, and that the bottle when moved in and out while the from its extreme bottom cornerto the top and at the saine time is rinsed by a stream of water projected at or close to the point of scrubbin 0f.

Ilo, not intend to limit my claims to the spe- IOO IIO

cific forms of device shown and described herein, nor more than their terms necessarily imply.

What I claim is 1. In a bottle-washingdevice, a hollow basesaid base-piece whereby water may be con- Y ducted fromsaid base-piece and delivered at the extremities of said tubes, stilfening means for each of said flexible tubes, and a fiexible web or band connectingsaid flexible tubes.

3. In a bottle-washing device, a hollow basepiece adapted for connection with a revoluble water-supply device, and angularly-separable stiffened tubes connected to said basepiece whereby Water may be conducted therefrom and delivered at the extremities of said tubes, said tubes being adapted to fold together for insertion through the neck of a bottleheaeh tube having a iiexible end, and a flexible web or band connecting said tubes.

4. In a bottle -Washing device, a ferrule adapted for connection with a revoluble Water-supply device, a pair of rigid tubular arms pivoted to said ferrule and having their ends Within the same, and a flexible tube of soft material around each arm and perforated at the end for emergence of Water.

5. In a bottle- Washing device, a ferrule adapted for connection With a revoluble Water-supply device, a pair of rigid tubular arms pivoted to and Within said ferrule and extending therefrom, and a ilexible tube on each rigid arm having a bulbous end of soft material, and a perforation at the extremity of said end for delivery of Water therefrom.

6. In a bottle-Washing device, a ferrule adapted for connection With a revoluble Water-supply device, a pair of rigid tubular arms pivoted to and within said ferrule and extending therefrom and adapted to be `folded together and to move to an angular position with reference to each other, and a flexible tube of fabric on each rigid arm having a fringed, fibrous edge vand a bulbous end, and a perforation at the extremity of said bulbous endfor the delivery of Water therefrom.

7. In a bottle-Washing device, a ferrule B adapted for connection with a revoluble Water-supply device, having a central plate C3 therein, a pair of rigid, open tubular arms O C having one end of each Within said ferrule and on each side of said plate, a pivoting-pin C2 passing transversely through said ferrule, plate and arms, and a flexible tube of soft material on each arm provided With a perforation.

8. In a bottle-Washing device, a ferrule B adapted for connection With a revoluble Water-supply device, having a central plate C3 therein, a pair of rigid, open tubular arms C. C having one end of each Within said ferrule and on each side of said plate, a pivoting-pin C2 passing transversely through said ferrule, plate and arms, and a iiexible tube D D' having a perforated bulbous end CZ d on each arm.

9. In a bottle-Washing device, a ferrule B adapted for connection with a revoluble Water-supply device, having a central plate C3 therein, a pair of rigid, open tubular arms C C having one end of each Within said ferrule and on each side of said plate, a pivoting-pin C2 passing transversely through said ferrule, plate and arms, a exible tube D D' having a perforated bulbous end d d on each arm, and a web or band extending from one tube to the other.

10. In a bottle-Washing device, a hollow base-piece adapted for connection With a revoluble Water-supply device, a pair of flexible tubes and a tubular stiening-arm Within each flexible tube,whereby Wateris conducted from said base-piece and delivered at the extremity of said flexible tube, and a flexible reinforcing-layer between the extremity of each arm and its flexible tube.,

1l. In a bottle-Washing device, a hollow base-piece adapted for connection with a Water-supply device and tubes extending therefrom whereby Water is conducted from said base-piece and delivered at the extremitiesof said tubes, sa'id tubes having flexible ends and being adapted to fold together for insertion through the neck of a bottle.

GEORGE P. eoULDINe.

Witnesses :ll

HENRY GECK, Jr., p E. H. MAEsELLUs. 

